Highlights from the Modern Collection

Discover around 65 standout works from the DIA’s renowned modern art collection—featuring bold movements like impressionism, post-impressionism, cubism, expressionism, surrealism, and abstraction. Beloved icons and rarely seen treasures share the spotlight, among them works by Francis Bacon, Maria Blanchard, Jean Dubuffet, Mary Cassatt, Paul Cézanne Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Claude Monet, Roberto Montenegro, Edvard Munch, Georgia O’Keeffe, Pablo Picasso, John Sloan, Vincent van Gogh, and Remedios Varo.

Spanning three galleries—two focused primarily on European art and one on the art of the Americas—this striking presentation reflects the profound transformations that reshaped Europe, the United States, Mexico, and Brazil between the mid-1800s and 1960s. Industrialization, global conflict, and cultural exchange fueled these artists' groundbreaking approaches as they responded to a rapidly changing world.

Dynamic groupings encourage fresh connections and unexpected conversations across time, place, and perspective—offering new ways to experience old favorites before they return to our reimagined Modern art galleries.

Don’t miss your chance to see these exceptional works come alive in a whole new light.